MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
distance learning have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to consider
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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